Doctor's Specialty Doesn't Need to Encompass Area of Worker's Injury for him to Do IRE

The Commonwealth Court ruled that a workers' compensation judge erred in rejecting the opinion of an impairment rating evaluator on the basis that brain injuries were not within his specialty. Case: IA Construction Corp. v. WCAB (Rhodes), No. 2151 C.D. 2013, 02/19/2015, published. Facts: Jeffrey Rhodes established a workers' compensation claim in 2007 for a traumatic brain injury with organic affective changes and persistent cognitive problems, headaches, vertigo and neck and back injuries. In 2010, his employer filed a modification petition. Pursuant to an impairment rating evaluat...